JPH1190002A - Nailer for pachinko machine manufacture - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable confirmation work of NC data securely by moving a nail holder or work table to automatically stop the nail holder or a game board at a prescribed position written in the NC data and stop nailing motion in the first activation after changing NC data. SOLUTION: NC data of several kinds of game machines to be nailed are stored in a RAM 9, and, when an activating button is pressed, an NC device operation means 6 judges whether the signal inputted by the activating button is the first activating signal or not. If the signal inputted from the activating button is the activation input signal inputted first after a data change completion signal inputting, a work table is started from the original point of work to automatically stop and stopped at a position recorded in the forefront address in the addresses which designate positions of nails read in the NC data. A worker visually judges whether a gap exists or not between the position of the tip end part of the nail retained by a nail holder and the position of an under hole preliminarily formed on the game board.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a nailing device for manufacturing a game machine for automatically driving a game nail into a game board of a game machine when manufacturing a game machine such as a pachinko machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in Japanese Patent Publication No. 3-42908, for example, a nail driving device for manufacturing a game machine is provided with a processing table for positioning and mounting a game board, and a game machine for driving a game machine into a game board. A nail holder for holding nails, a nail supply mechanism for supplying the game nails to the nail holder, and a hammer mechanism for driving the game nails held on the nail holders into a game board are provided. Read the corresponding NC data,
According to the NC data, a game nail is nailed at a predetermined position on the game board. The game table is positioned and mounted on the processing table with the design board surface of the game board facing upward, and the processing table is nailed with the NC data or the like. Move vertically and horizontally in the plane based on the data,
After positioning and stopping the game board at a predetermined position, the game nails supplied to the nail holder are automatically driven one by one into the game board by the hammer mechanism.

[0003] By the way, in the game board of a game machine, the nail arrangement is different for each model. Therefore, when nailing the game board using the above-described nailing device for manufacturing a game machine, an operator must be able to handle the model. In addition to selecting the NC data to be performed, an operation (hereinafter, referred to as a position confirmation operation) is performed to determine whether the selected NC data has been set correctly. This position confirmation work is performed, for example, as shown in the time chart of FIG.
First, an operator presses a start button of the nailing device for manufacturing a game machine to activate the nailing device for manufacturing a game machine (starts), and immediately thereafter, presses a stop button to stop the NC device ( Stop). At this time, the nail to be driven is held in the nail holder, and the processing table starts from the processing origin according to the NC data, and records the position at which the nail is to be driven in the NC data at the first address in the designated address. Stop at the specified position. The operator visually checks whether there is any deviation between the position of the tip of the nail held by the nail holder and the position of the pilot hole formed in advance at the position of the game board where the nail is to be driven. Confirm with. If the operator determines that the position of the tip of the nail coincides with the position of the pilot hole, the operator presses the start button again to automatically operate the nailing device for manufacturing a game machine (starting). ). If the operator determines that the position of the tip of the nail is different from the position of the pilot hole, the nailing operation is stopped. In addition, corresponding to each of the above-mentioned operations, 1
An address positioning time T1, a visual inspection time T2, a nail driving automatic operation time T3, and a material exchange time T4 are set. Here, the total of the times T1 to T4 is referred to as an initial nailing operation time. Although the time of the above-described position confirmation work is included in the above and below, since the position confirmation work is performed only when changing the model of the game board, if the nailing of the game board of the same model is continued, the nailing work time is the above time. It is the sum of T3 and T4. When changing the model of the game board, the setup time T5 associated with the model change includes the time for performing the work of replacing the game board and the NC data set of the model in the nailing device for manufacturing the game machine. The sum of the time required to perform the operation and the operation time is separately set as the operation time.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional nail driving apparatus for manufacturing a game machine, the operation button "start-stop-start" must be pressed three times before the automatic operation is performed. If the timing to press the stop button is delayed,
The nail holder may drive the nail at the position recorded at the address 1 of the NC data. Since the nail state of the game board is related to the function of the game machine itself, if the nail is accidentally hit at the address 1, the game board cannot be reused and becomes a defective product. When such a defective product occurs, extra work time is required for replacement of the defective product, and the work efficiency is reduced. However, although the timing of pressing the above-mentioned stop button has some standard, it is necessary to finally rely on the intuition of the operator, and therefore, in the conventional nailing device for manufacturing a game machine, the timing of pressing the stop button is delayed. It was not possible to completely eliminate the occurrence of game board failures.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a nail driving apparatus for manufacturing a game machine, which is simple in operation and can surely confirm NC data. And

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a nail driving apparatus for manufacturing a game machine for a game machine according to the first aspect of the present invention moves a nail holder or a processing table at the time of the first startup after changing the NC data. While automatically stopping the nail holder or the game board at the predetermined position written in the NC data,
The nailing operation is interrupted.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a nail driving apparatus for manufacturing a game machine for a game machine, wherein the predetermined position is a stop position written at a first address in an address designating a position at which nailing is to be performed in the NC data. It is characterized by being.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the nailing device for manufacturing a gaming machine of a gaming machine, the predetermined position is a confirmation position set in advance for each model of the gaming machine written in the NC data. I do.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a nailing device for manufacturing a game machine according to the present embodiment. Reference numeral 1 denotes a control device, and 2 denotes a manual operation of starting and stopping the nailing device. Control panel provided with a start button 2a, a stop button 2b, a nailing interruption button 2c, a display device 2d, and an input keyboard 2e.
Is a nail driving device main body. As shown in FIG. 2, the nail driving device main body 3 includes a processing table 3a for positioning and mounting the game board 4, a driving unit 3b for moving the processing table 3a on an XY plane perpendicular to the paper surface, and a game machine for the game machine. A nail holder 3c for holding a game nail to be driven into the board, a nail supply mechanism (not shown) for supplying the game nail to the nail holder, and a hammer 3d for driving the game nail held by the nail holder into the game board. With no hammer mechanism. In addition, the nail driving device body 3
Is provided with a nailing interruption lamp 3p for allowing the operator to visually recognize the interruption of the nailing operation.

The control device 1 includes an NC data selection unit 5 and an N data
A CPU 7 having a C device operating means 6;
AM9. The ROM 8 stores programs such as basic operations of the nailing device, and the RAM 9 stores NC data for each model of the gaming machine input to the control device 1 by an external host computer 10, a card, an FD, or the like. Is what you do. The NC data selecting means 5 is for temporarily storing NC data corresponding to the model from the RAM 9 based on the model name of the game board input by the operator from the input keyboard 2e of the operation panel 2. The NC device operating means 6 performs the automatic operation of the nail driving device while sequentially reading out the NC data of the model taken into the NC data selecting means 5 according to the program written in the ROM 8 and also activates the start button 2a by the operator. The operation of the nailing device is started or stopped based on a control signal generated by pressing an operation button such as the stop button 2b or the like. FIG. 3 shows an example of the trial NC data of the gaming machine. The NC data is composed of punch data and nail data.
The nailing device has two modes, a punching mode and a nailing mode. In the punching mode, the punching is performed in accordance with the data written at addresses 1 to 231 and after confirming the nailing position, addresses 31 to 231 are set. Nail is performed according to the data written in. In the nailing mode, 31 to 231
The nailing is performed according to the data written at the address. The address 232 is the origin return instruction data. Usually, as the NC data used for the nailing device in the manufacturing section, the above-mentioned trial NC data is often used as it is,
The nailing device is operated in a nailing mode.

Next, the operation of the nail driving apparatus for manufacturing a game machine having the above-described configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Note that the RAM 9 stores in advance NC data of a plurality of types of gaming machines to be nailed on that day, and the operator operates the input keyboard 2e to perform the type of gaming machine to be nailed. The point in time when the model name is input to the control device 1 is defined as START. At the time of START, the NC corresponding to the model of the game board inputted above
It is assumed that the data is taken from the RAM 9 into the NC data selecting means 5, and the NC data changing completion signal is sent from the NC data selecting means 5 to the NC device operating means 6.
The NC data uses the NC data including the punch data shown in FIG. 3, and the nailing device for manufacturing a game machine is operated in the nailing mode. When the operator presses the start button (step S1), the NC device operating means 6 determines whether the input signal of the start button is the first start input after changing the NC data and confirms the position. It is determined whether or not (step S2). If the input signal from the start button is a start input signal that is input for the first time after the NC data change completion signal is input, it is assumed that the current state is the “first start after the NC data change” and the processing table 3a Is started from the machining origin, and is automatically stopped at the position recorded in the read NC data at the address 31 (the first address in the address where the nailing position is specified) (step S3). Here, the worker checks whether there is a deviation between the position of the tip of the nail held by the nail holder and the position of the pilot hole previously formed at the position of the game board where the nail is to be driven. Whether it is determined visually is determined (step S4). If the worker determines that the position of the tip of the nail and the position of the pilot hole match, the worker presses the start button 2a again to automatically operate the nailing device for manufacturing a game machine, The nailing of the game board is started (step S6). When the nailing of one game board is completed, the game boards are automatically replaced (step S7), and the nailing of the next game board is prepared.

When the nailing of the same model is continuously performed, the operator presses the start button (step S1) after exchanging the game board (step S7), and the start input signal at this time is step S2. In this case, since the start input signal is not the first input signal after the NC data change completion signal is input,
The C-device operating means 6 continues the nailing operation of the game board in the automatic operation mode without performing the automatic stop for the position confirmation at the position recorded at the address 31 of the NC data (step S6). . In addition, if the operator determines that the position of the tip of the nail is different from the position of the pilot hole,
The operator presses the nailing interruption button 2c to stop the nailing operation (step S8). At this time, the nailing interruption lamp 3p provided in the nailing device main body 3 lights up, and the stop of the nailing operation is visually recognized by the surroundings. The operator operates the display device 2d of the operation panel 2.
Then, the NC data loaded into the NC data selecting means 5 is called, and it is confirmed whether or not the NC data is the NC data of the game board. If there is an error in the input of the NC data, the operator newly inputs the NC data of the model into the nail driving device for manufacturing a game machine, and resumes the operation. Also,
When the NC data is the NC data of the game machine, it is considered that the position of the tip of the nail and the position of the pilot hole have been different due to a mistake in supply of the game board or a failure of the nailing device for manufacturing the game machine. Therefore, the operator stops the nailing operation and performs work such as investigation of the cause of the failure. When the nailing of the same model is completed, the automatic replacement of the game board in step 7 is not performed, and the nailing device for manufacturing a gaming machine ends the operation of the above-described flowchart and automatically stops. Further, when changing the model of the gaming machine, the operator needs to enter the input keyboard 2
By operating e, the model of the next gaming machine to be nailed is input to the control device 1.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the operation timing of the nailing device for manufacturing a gaming machine. In the time division section, the address positioning time T1, the visual inspection time T2,
The automatic nailing operation time T3, the material exchange time T4, and the setup time T5 associated with the model change are classified into, and the initial nailing work time immediately after the model change is the sum of the above T1 to T4. The nailing work time when nailing the same model continuously is T3 and T4
Immediately before the same model is changed, the setup time T5 accompanying the model change is added to the nailing work time immediately before the material change time T4. In FIG. 5, FIG.
The pressing operation of the stop button in the conventional example is omitted, and the address positioning time T1 becomes a value automatically set because no operator is involved.

As described above, in the present embodiment, N
At the first start-up after the change of the C data, the first address (address 31) in the address that specifies the position where the nail holder 3c of the nailing device for manufacturing a game machine should hit the nail written in the NC data. Automatically stops at the stop position of, the occurrence of defects due to a delay in the pressing timing of the stop button 2b can be eliminated, and after the position check operation, the nailing operation continues immediately without moving the game board position. be able to. Further, since there is no need to replace a defective game board, the positioning time T1 can be set according to a preset time, and the nailing operation time can be stabilized.

In the above-described embodiment, the nailing device for manufacturing a game machine having a structure in which the game board (processing table) is moved in a plane according to the NC data has been described, but the game board (processing table) is not moved. In a nail driving device for manufacturing a game machine having a structure in which a nail holder is moved in a plane or a structure in which a nail holder and a processing table are moved in an X direction and a Y direction, respectively, in a plane, the first activation after the NC data is changed. In some cases, the same effect can be obtained if the nail holder or the game board is automatically stopped at a predetermined position at the stop position of the first address in the specified address where the nail written in the NC data should be hit. Needless to say, this is obtained. Further, in the above example, the NC data including the punch data of FIG. 3 is used as the NC data. However, NC data exclusively for nailing starting from address 31 in FIG. The nailing may be performed based on the data. In this case, the operation mode of the nailing device for manufacturing a gaming machine may be only the nailing mode, and the first address in the address that specifies the nailing position written in the NC data is the first address. Note that in the above example, the NC data selection means 5 uses the RAM 9
And temporarily stores the NC data corresponding to the model concerned, and sends an NC data change completion signal to the NC device operating means 6, but the NC data selecting means 5 is omitted and the NC data selecting means 5 is omitted.
The device operating means 6 may directly take in the NC data from the RAM 9.

In the above example, the position at which the game board automatically stops is set to the first stop position written in the NC data so that the nailing operation can be continued immediately after the position is confirmed.
A stop position serving as a check point is added before the first stop position as a movement path of the game board to be written into the ROM 8, and a check point specific to the type of the game board is provided on the game board. The data may be added to the NC data, and the game board may be automatically stopped at the above-mentioned confirmation point to confirm the position. If the position confirmation point is set on the operator side of the processing board of the game board, there is an advantage that the game nail can be easily compared with the confirmation point, and the position can be easily confirmed. The check point on the game board may be provided at a position where the game machine is installed in the game hall and cannot be visually recognized from the front surface (glass surface) of the game machine so as not to affect the design of the game board. ,
Conversely, it may be provided at a position visible from the front of the gaming machine, and may be positively incorporated into the design of the gaming board.

[0017]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, at the first start-up after the NC data is changed, the nail holder or the game board is written in the NC data. Is automatically stopped at the position of, so that it is possible to eliminate the occurrence of failure of the game board due to the delay of the pressing timing of the stop button, and to replace the defective game board, so that the positioning time is set in advance. The operation can be performed according to the set time, and the nailing operation time can be stabilized.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the nailing apparatus for manufacturing a game machine, the predetermined position is set to a position of a first address in an address designating a position at which a nail written in the NC data is to be driven. Therefore, the nailing operation can be immediately continued without moving the position of the nail holder or the game board.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a nail driving apparatus for manufacturing a game machine.
Since the predetermined position is set as a confirmation position preset for each model of the gaming machine written in the NC data, a confirmation point can be set at a position where the confirmation operation is convenient. It is easy to confirm the position.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a nail driving apparatus for manufacturing a game machine according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing a nailing portion of the nailing device main body according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an example of NC data of a gaming machine.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the nail driving apparatus for manufacturing a game machine according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a time chart showing an operation of the nail driving device for manufacturing a gaming machine.

FIG. 6 is a time chart for explaining the operation of a conventional nail driving apparatus for manufacturing a game machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 control device, 2 operation panel, 3 device main body (of nail driving device for making a game machine), 4 game panel, 5 NC data selection means, 6 NC device operation means, 7 CPU, 8 ROM,
9 RAM.

Claims (3)

[Claims] A processing table for positioning and mounting a game board; a nail holder for holding a game nail to be driven into the game board of the game machine;
A nail supply mechanism for supplying the game nails to the nail holder and a hammer mechanism for driving the game nails held in the nail holders into the game board are provided, and NC data corresponding to each model of the game machine is read. In a game machine manufacturing nailing device for nailing a game nail at a predetermined position on a game board according to NC data, at the first start-up after changing the NC data,
A gaming machine wherein a nail holder or a processing table is moved to automatically stop the nail holder or the game board at a predetermined position written in the NC data, and the nailing operation is interrupted. Nail driving equipment for manufacturing. 2. The game machine manufacturing method according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined position is a stop position written in a first address in an address of the NC data at which a nailing position is specified. Nailing equipment. 3. The nail driving device for manufacturing a game machine according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined position is a confirmation position set in advance for each model of the game machine written in the NC data.